Grain-measuring machine.



H. RAY.

v GRAIN MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mm 15, 1909.

967,056. Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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GRAIN MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1909. 9 7,05 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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GRAIN-MEASURING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed June 15, 1909. Serial No. 502,385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RAY, of the village of N ewdale, in theProvince of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grain-Measuring Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to machines and the object of the invent-ion is toprovide adevice which will continuously and automatically measure adefinite quantity of grain, and which is simple in construction,durable, and efhcient.

The invention includes the novel features of construction andarrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described andparticularly set forth in the appended claims.

A grain measuring machine constructed in grain measuring accordance withmy invention is illustrated .1n the accompanying drawings, 111 which 2Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view centrally through themachine.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 represents any suitable form of supporting frame.

2 is the drum circular in cross section such drum being mounted on across shaft 3 ,i..-hav ing its one end received within a suitablebearing formed at 4 and its opposite end in a bearing 5 carried by a bar6 which passes to the sides of the drum and is fastened securely tothe'frame 1 at 7. The shaft and drum rotate together.

8 is a partition within the drum, such partition being continuous withtwo further partitions 9 and 10 whereby the interior of the drum isdivided into three compartments 11, 12, and 13, the compartments 11 and12 being of the same size and adapted to receive a definite quantity ofgrain. In actual practice it is desirable to have this quantity an exacthalf or quarter bushel as the case may be.

14 and 15 are inlet openings to the compartments 11 and 12, and 16 and17 are the outlet openings such being located adjacent the partitions 9and 10, and those 14 and 15 somewhat to the side of the partition 8 atits upper end.

18 is a shell closing over the upper circumferential face of the drumsuch shell being securely fastened at the rear to the frame 1 in anysuitable manner. The shell is provided with an upwardly directed neck orchute 19 into which the grain is directed from the hopper 20, it beingof course understood that the hopper forms no part of this invention,but simply appears as a means of feeding grain to the machine. 21 is asecond shell inclosing the lower circumferential face of the drum, saidshell being secured permanently to the frame 1 at the back and having achute 22 by which grain is led from the drum when freed from thecompartments.

23 and 24 are shafts mounted in the sides of the chute 19 and passingtransversely thereacross, such shafts being located somewhat in from theends of the chute.

25 and 26 are depending plates or wings firmly secured to the shafts andfitting snugly within the neck so as to prevent grain from passingbehind them between their ends and the adjoining walls of the neck. Theplates are adapted to swing with the shafts. Each shaft is provided witha crank end 27 which is pivotally secured to a link 28, the links beingunited by a cross bar 29.

30 is a vertically slidable detent held to the chute 17 by straps 31 andsecured to the bar 29 by a pin 32. The drum 2 is provided with a flange83 which passes upwardly above the adjoining edge of the shell 8 and isprovided with two recesses 3 1 and 35 which are adapted to receive thelower end of the detent 30.

In order to better understand my invention I will now describe itsoperation assunr ing the grain is allowed to pass continuously from thehopper 20 to the drum through the neck 19 and one or other of theopenings 14 and 15.

As soon as the compartment 12 (Fig. 3) is filled with grain the graincommences to bank up within the neck 19 and as soon as this commencesthe plates 25 and 26 are swung outwardly in the direction of the arrowswhich motion causes the crank ends 27 to rise. As they rise they carrywith them the detent and release it from the recess 35. Immediately thishappens the drum is rotated by the weight of the grain within thecompartment 12. The drum turns to a position which frees the grain fromthe compartment through the opening 17 and the chute 22 and at the sametime the detent escapes over the flange 33 and enters the other of theopenings 34 thereby locking the drum against further rotation. Thecompartment 11 then fills, the grain passing inwardly through theopening 14:- Assoon as it is filled the plates are again actuated andthe detent is raised. The drum then returns to the position shown inFig. 3 and allows the grain to escape throughthe opening 16. In this wayit will be seen that as long as grain be fed to the drum it willautomatically rock backwardly and forwardly and receive and discharge adefinite quantity according to the dimensions of the compartments. Inactual practice it is desirable to have some form of indicator attachedto the drumv to count the number of discharges so that the total amountof grain passing through the machine can be readily computed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a grain measuring machine, the combination with a rotatablymounted, multicompartment drum having inlet and outlet openings to thecompartments and feed and delivery chutes to direct grain to and fromthe compartments, of opposing depending plates, cross shafts located inthe, feed chute on which the plates are mounted, a flange carried by thedrum and having recesses therein, a vertically slidable detent carriedby the chute and adapted to enter the redelivery chutes to direct grainto and from,

the compartments, of opposing, depending plates, cross shafts passingtransversely across-the feed chute on which the plates are mounted, aflange extending from the drum and having recesses therein in definiterelation to the compartments, a vertically slidable detent carried bythe feed chute, said detent being designed to enter the recesses in theflange, a bar secured pivotally to the detent, and linksinter-connecting the ends of the bar with the crank shafts, as and forthe purpose specified.

Signed at New'dale, in the Province of Manitoba, this first day of May1909.

HENRY RAY.

In the presence of- A. R. F ANNING, H. L. MOGILL.

